Introduction
At this point of the ongoing discussion of the money-laundering situation in Guyana, readers would have come to realize that they cannot expect to form an intelligent appreciation of this issue, and as a result the several serious challenges which the country presently faces, without, at the very least, a rudimentary appreciation of the basic contextual issues surrounding this phenomenon. So far this column has sought to address this and has consequently, covered issues of definition, the several techniques and methods that are utilized in money laundering, as well as its origins.
Specifically, last week’s column indicated that money-laundering has become a matter of serious global